Saint Beatrix

Memorial: 29 July
Profile: Sister of Saint Faustinus and Saint Simplicius. Betrothed to be married even though she had taken personal vows of chastity. When she was caught burying her martyred brothers, she was denounced by her fiance Lucretius as a Christian, arrested, and martyred.
Died: strangled in 303 in Rome, Italy
Canonized: Pre-Congregation
Additional Information: New Catholic Dictionary
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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